‘WILDCAT’ ROSE Quality Service SA – Qualisa ‘Wildcat’s’ red-orange petals are striped with pink, reminding Dobbe of a tie-dyed shirt and giving it a “funky” look, he said. Wheat found it to be fun. “Any kind of variegated rose right now is good at retail, and that’s what we’re looking for as a florist. You’re looking for things that not everybody has.” Kennicott said it had the look of a painted rose, but more natural “which makes it all the more special.”


‘CANDY X-PRESSION’


GARDEN ROSE Dream Farms The dark coral color of ‘Candy X-Pression’ is “very wanted and very needed,” Callister said. For McShan, the flower scored well not just for its coral color but also for its thick stems and large heads. “Because of the color, the shape, and the strength of the stems, we can do a larger arrangement and they’ll still hold up,” she said.


‘FUNKY COLD MEDINA’


‘PRINCESS CROWN’ GARDEN ROSE Dream Farms Ensign just this year put ‘Princess Crown’ on standing order, and it is “always one of the first ones to go out of the cooler,” Callister says. Roozen admired its dusty pink coloring, uniformity and foliage. “It is a flower that would be desirable by a lot of people for a lot of different uses,” he said.


‘CANDY X-PRESSION’ The magazine of the Society of American Florists (SAF) 37


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